After many years of strategizing, donating, downsizing and completing lengthy "to-do" lists, we have at last moved aboard our 43' sailboat, NORTHERN STAR. We have said goodbye to our life's careers in lieu of new unpaid "careers" as sailors and vagabonds. Our new home, NORTHERN STAR will carry us across many waters over the next two to ten years. We invite family and friends to follow us on our great adventure with water below.

Together we have four children--two on the West Coast of the U.S., one on the East Coast and one in Chicago. We share our boat with a rescue Border Collie named Jax. His jobs are to awaken the crew at sunrise, enforce crew exercise and protect the boat from pirates and squirrels.

Our third sailboat, NORTHERN STAR, was purchased in Annapolis, MD in the summer of 2014. We retired in March, 2015 and moved onto the boat, in Annapolis, in April of 2015.

FIND NORTHERN STAR's LOCATION ONLINE

When Northern Star is underway, she also broadcasts her location by AIS (automatic identification system). You can see the most recent broadcast by clicking on one of the two websites below. Both are free.